Stories from Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Mayor Lauren Meier called the Bronaugh Board of Aldermen meeting to order on Monday evening, Oct. 9, addressing several matters concerning the city's infrastructure and operations. The meeting commenced with the approval of minutes from the previous month's gathering. ...

The Nevada Planning Commission met in regular session Tuesday evening and started the meeting off with a public hearing on the proposed zoning change of the northwest corner of East Division Street and South Alma Street from an R-1 single family dwelling district to an RP-3 Planned Apartment House District for MVP builders LLC. ...

On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1935, President Franklin Deleno Roosevelt designated Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. On that very day, the first Nevada-Lamar Silver Tiger football game was played. The Nevada and Lamar football series began as a conference game in 1921, a contest won by Nevada High School 6-0. ...

Whitney Alynn (Baker) Davis, 47, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Branson, Mo. Born on May 31, 1976, to John (80) and Karen (Pennycuick) Baker (79), Whitney spent her early childhood in Colesburg, Iowa, before moving to Excelsior Springs Mo. She graduated from Excelsior Springs High School, and two years later met Dan Davis, the love of her life...

Kelvin Gene Cook, 69, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Montevallo, Mo. Kelvin was born to Gene and Dorothy (Jacobs) Cook on May 15, 1954. He married Laura Gooden on Aug. 26, 1997, in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Donald Ray Malcom, born Oct. 18, 1941, in Sheldon, Mo., passed away peacefully on Oct. 7, 2023, at Truman Nursing Home in Lamar, Mo. He was the youngest of four children born to Elvie and Hazel (Starlin) Malcom. Donald attended Sheldon High School. Donald and Elaine were married Nov. ...